Are You Making Sure the Workplace is as Safe as Possible?
When you lead a team of people and have frequent customers visiting your business premises, one of your biggest priorities is ensuring everyone is safe. Not only to avoid accidental injury or, worse, death but to protect yourself from lawsuits filed against you for not running a business safely. So the critical question you should ask yourself is, are you doing it right? If your answer is anything but a definite yes, you need to make some changes around the place quickly. Here are some tips on how to do that!
Have health and safety checks regularly.
When the words health and safety are muttered, it’s not unusual to think of a kitchen and the rules they must follow with hygiene and COSHH. However, health and safety regulations apply to all kinds of businesses and involve checks such as electrical safety, machine maintenance, gas checks, and even things like checking for pests. Make sure you’re scheduling your health and safety checks so that you’re not liable for a dangerous workplace, and most importantly, nobody gets hurt. If you have any issues, get them sorted as soon as possible. For example, get an exterminator in if you notice signs of pests.
Use access control systems
It’s likely that you’re holding onto personal and confidential information somewhere. Whether that be information about your staff members or your customers, it’s your responsibility to ensure that it isn’t seen by anyone unauthorized. While these records should be kept in a locked room, you should also install access control systems so that only you and staff members can access them “behind the scenes.” Not only can control systems keep information safe, but they will keep your team and yourself safe from anyone who could be potentially threatening.
Install silent alarms
Feeling threatened in the workplace isn’t something anyone should go through. However, in some roles, employees may feel like a member of the public is threatening them. Doctor’’ surgeries, for example, will occasionally have upset and angry patients who want to complain to the receptionist. If they don’t get what they want, they can become abusive, and whether it be physically or verbally, you need to protect your staff from this kind of situation. Installing silent alarms under desks will discreetly inform the rest of the team that there’s an issue so that it can be resolved without anyone getting hurt.
Consider hiring security guards
Finally, if you run a high-risk business such as a nightclub, you should consider hiring security guards to man the doors and ensure everyone’s safety. Perhaps you sell high-value items and feel at risk of theft or attack. Hiring security guards to keep everyone safe will give you peace of mind and help deter people who may have been planning a robbery or attack.
Safety in the workplace is essential, so follow these tips to protect yourself, your business, your employees, and your customers from harm.
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